Croydon stabbing Live:15-year-old boy treated for stab injuries and rushed to South London hospital and as hunt for the attack is launched
A Crime scene remains in place and a teenager who is understood to be 15 years old was treated by Paramedics at the scene. He has since been taken to Croydon University Hospital. The Colonnade bus stand was closed by police and a crime scene was established A Spokesman for the Met Police said: Police were […]
Queenstown Road Live: One person taken to Hospital after London Bus Crash
Police were called at about 6.40pm on Monday, 8 May to reports of a collision involving a car and a bus on Queenstown Road, SW8. Officers attended. One person was taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service; Police say they await an update on the person’s condition. Road closures are in place. A Spokesman […]
Rishi Sunak has come out in support of the Metropolitan Police following accusations that the force’s arrests of protesters during the coronation of King Charles were a deliberate attempt to “disrupt and diminish” dissent
The force made 64 arrests on coronation day, with 46 people bailed after being detained on suspicion of causing a public nuisance or breaching the peace. Four charges have been brought, including over a religiously aggravated public order allegation and class A drugs possession. Graham Smith, chief executive of the anti-monarchy Republic campaign group, who […]
Rishi Sunak has come out in support of the Metropolitan Police following accusations that the force’s arrests of protesters during the co…
The force made 64 arrests on coronation day, with 46 people bailed after being detained on suspicion of causing a public nuisance or breaching the peace. Four charges have been brought, including over a religiously aggravated public order allegation and class A drugs possession. Graham Smith, chief executive of the anti-monarchy Republic campaign group, who […]
A cyclist who died in a road traffic collision has been named
Henry Cressey, aged 62, died at the scene after a collision with a car on the A52 Bingham bypass yesterday (7 May) at around 12.30pm. Henry lived in Southwell and his family are being supported by specially-trained officers. Road closures were put in place in both directions on the A52, between the Saxondale Island and […]
A Mexican national has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in an elaborate attempt to smuggle over 600kg of methamphetamine…
The seizure of 668kg of crystal methamphetamine was the largest onshore seizure of methamphetamine originating from Mexico at the time. In 2019, Australian authorities seized the drugs hidden inside raw animal skins, stopping more than 6,668,000 individual street deals. The seizure was the result of a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and […]
A Mexican national has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in an elaborate attempt to smuggle over 600kg of methamphetamine into Australia, concealed in rotting, raw cowhides
The seizure of 668kg of crystal methamphetamine was the largest onshore seizure of methamphetamine originating from Mexico at the time. In 2019, Australian authorities seized the drugs hidden inside raw animal skins, stopping more than 6,668,000 individual street deals. The seizure was the result of a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and […]
A persistent thief who targeted shops and parked vehicles during a six-week crime spree has been jailed
Stuart Askey, aged 39, walked into supermarkets and other stores in Clifton and The Meadows to swipe items from the shelves. Ring doorbell footage also captured him opening the door of a van parked outside a home in Hockerwood, Clifton, on 9 April. PC Jane Gibson and Mel Starmer – neighbourhood policing teams in Nottingham […]
Iran’s judiciary announced on Monday that two men, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli-Zare, were executed at Arak Prison for their alleged involvement in running dozens of social media accounts “dedicated to atheism and desecration of the sanctities”
According to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency, the men were convicted of “burning the Quran” and “insulting the Prophet of Islam” in 2021 by the Arak Criminal Court They were also given six-year prison sentences for “running groups to act against national security”. Human rights activists have criticised the verdict, calling it “a cruel act […]
Iran’s judiciary announced on Monday that two men, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli-Zare, were executed at Arak Prison for their allege…
According to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency, the men were convicted of “burning the Quran” and “insulting the Prophet of Islam” in 2021 by the Arak Criminal Court They were also given six-year prison sentences for “running groups to act against national security”. Human rights activists have criticised the verdict, calling it “a cruel act […]